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Issues can be defined as how they are addressed, as well as how they are ignored. Tonight’s second Republican debate will continue to show the Party’s priorities, as well as what issues they choose to avoid. While taxes, regulation, defense spending and anti-Obama rhetoric are all expected fodder for tonight’s

In his new book “Reply All,” Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush uses his e-mail correspondence with various constituents to explain his policies, political philosophy and strategy to promote his conservative platform as Governor of Florida. (He served as Florida governor from 1999 to 2007.) But one very important series of

In the never-ending debate about the retirement advisor industry’s adoption of the fiduciary standard–aka, giving a customer an even break–a Department of Labor (DOL) official has cut to the chase and said the fiduciary rule would effectively change the advisory business culture. And that’s exactly why the industry hates the

In the latest part of this long saga about big rigging of the London Interbank Offering Rate (LIBOR) that began in the early-1990s, eight of the world’s largest banks have agreed to pay a little over $2 billion to settle charges that their traders rigged the world’s largest benchmark for

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The financial sector which has the most contact with the investing public–the mutual fund industry–has largely evaded pressures to reform.

This is a serious omission since the $3 trillion mutual fund industry plays a critical role in determining the financial well-being of millions of Americans. The industry’s problems, ranging from conflicts of interest to lack of transparency, affect retirement planning and the ability to build secure financial futures for millions of investors.read more...